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Edward Harrigan clippings and ephemera.

Title
Edward Harrigan clippings and ephemera.
Publication
1800-1960.

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Additional Authors
  • Harrigan, Edward, 1844-1911
  • Hart, Tony, 1855-1891
  • Yeamans, Annie, 1835-1912
  • Braham, David, 1838-1905
  • Russell, Annie, 1864-1936
  • Walsh, Townsend
  • Logan, Nedda Harrigan
  • Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916
Description
1 box : illustrations; .42 linear feet.
Summary
Clippings and ephemera in ten folders documenting the life and career of Edward Harrigan, with obituaries, broadsides and programs, half-tone photographs and caricatures, and fragments of color prints and sheet music. Includes material about the Harrigan & Hart team and associated performers like Annie Yeamans.
Donor/Sponsor
In honor of George Freedley
Subject
  • Harrigan, Edward, 1844-1911, actor, author
  • Harrigan, Edward, 1844-1911
  • Harrigan & Hart
  • McLoughlin Bros
  • Immigrants > New York (State) > New York > 19th century
  • Ethnic theater.
  • Working class > Drama.
  • Musical theater.
  • Actors > Caricatures and cartoons
  • Theater > New York (State) > New York.
Genre/Form
  • Printed ephemera.
  • Theater programs.
  • Playbills.
  • Clippings.
  • Marginalia.
Note
  • Folder 2 contains a portion of a program from Palmer's Theatre (N.Y.) for a "testimonial performance," in which Edward Harrigan and other popular stars appeared, as a benefit for Annie Russell, February 10, 1891.
  • Folder 5 contains an undated half-tone image, with caption, of the London-born banjo player and singer, Ada Wray.
  • Folder 9 contains a publicity card addressed to Townsend Walsh from H.S. Renton depicting Edward Harrigan and Tony Hart in costume as the Mulligan Guards. Also included is a copy of the illustrated children's story and song book, Ten Little Mulligan Guards, with lyrics inspired by Edward Harrigan and music by David Braham, published by McLoughlin Brothers in the mid-1870s. The book, which contains racist imagery of African Americans, is addressed to Townsend Walsh "from Auntie, Dec. 25th, 1870," and is copiously decorated with drawings in pencil by a child.
  • Folder 10 contains a scrapbook fragment with clippings and obituaries, including a feature article by Richard Harding Davis entitled Edward Harrigan and the East Side, about New York City immigrant culture in Harrigan's youth, Harper's Weekly, March 21, 1891.
  • Compiled by The New York Public Library.
Source (note)
  • Some material is the gift of Nedda Harrigan Logan and may be related to the Edward Harrigan papers held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division in *T-Mss 1941-003.
Call Number
MWEZ+ n.c. 27822
OCLC
1061504434
Title
Edward Harrigan clippings and ephemera.
Publisher
1800-1960.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
sheet
Source
Some material is the gift of Nedda Harrigan Logan and may be related to the Edward Harrigan papers held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division in *T-Mss 1941-003.
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Added Author
Harrigan, Edward, 1844-1911, actor, author.
Hart, Tony, 1855-1891, actor, author.
Yeamans, Annie, 1835-1912, actor.
Braham, David, 1838-1905, composer.
Russell, Annie, 1864-1936, honoree.
Walsh, Townsend, former owner.
Logan, Nedda Harrigan, former owner.
Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916, author. Edward Harrigan and the East Side.
Research Call Number
MWEZ+ n.c. 27822
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